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I denied him, in my heart, a relation to my mother, and thought him a savage,
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Nobody's told you that you're an uncivilized savage,
Elaan Of Troyius 1966
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Of character, and makes the being who would be a savage,
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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Full to the very jaws, and handed it back to the savage,
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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Silently out of the room then glided the glistening savage,
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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Hastily possessing myself of what few arms I needed, and taking the bag of parched corn that was suspended from the girdle of the fallen savage,
Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Edwin Eastman
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Hail to the dream that roused the sleeping savage,
The Dreamers 1918
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From twenty different throats in twenty different tones, but with a single throbbing impulse, came the response, swift, full-throated, savage,
The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Ralph Connor 1898
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Pindar thought him worthy of a hymn (of which, unfortunately, only fragments survive), but in general he remained uncouth and half savage,
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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I said to myself, as I continued my retreat, but only to stop short, for from the direction in which we had come I heard whispered, more than called, the familiar cry of the Australian savage,
Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea George Manville Fenn 1870
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